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We are stronger when we join forces for good! On Wednesday December 1st, faculty from the AAC Lab at the UCF College of Health Professions and Sciences joined with representatives from Variety of Florida which include Marshall Cohn, President of Variety of Florida along with Bob Winters, Karen Jensen and Richard Goldstein of Variety and […]

University of Central Florida’s Augmentative and Alternative Communications Lab Receives Gift of Mobile Makerspace to Build Adaptive Toys from Variety of Florida. Click Here to read UCF’s article Marshall S. Cohn, President of Variety of Florida… click below to watch our collab-video…

A special ‘Thank You’ to Variety – the Children’s Charity International for the recognition! Variety of Florida is honored to receive this award while we’re still battling the Covid-19 pandemic. We won’t STOP raising money for the children… WE ARE TENT #70 !! #SupportVarietyKids #VarietyKidsCan

Exciting news! Universal Pictures & DreamWorks Animation have collaborated with Variety – the Children’s Charity to create limited-edition gold heart pins featuring characters from DreamWorks Animation’s highly anticipated new film, The Boss Baby: Family Business, which arrived to theaters on July 2, 2021. Proceeds from the pins benefit Variety programs that provide life-changing equipment, services

Attention ALL COSPLAY FANS !! Variey of Florida’s at Booth #3015 Variety of Florida has been looking forward to joining forces with MegaCon Orlando and has been following their lead on all convention updates. Due to Covid-19, MegaCon Orlando was canceled in 2020 but its new return dates are officially Thursday, August 12th through Sunday,

Variety of Florida grants $1,000 to help two teenage autistic brothers with down syndrome get specialized vision glasses. Determined and motivated – Mrs. Gretchen Stewart, mother of Ari and Ian contacted Variety of Florida through email asking us to help her with funding for specialized glasses that were very much needed for her two teenage

IN LOVING MEMORY OF TRACI NOGE Our fellow Variety board member Frank Noge’s wife Traci Noge (former Variety of Florida board member) passed away a few years ago and to honor his late wife’s memory Frank donated three specialized therapy bicycles to help children with mobility disabilities. One therapy bicycle was granted to St. Joseph’s

Variety of Florida has a history of giving funds to developmental centers like the Howard Phillips Center to help children with disabilities, developmental delays and mobile impairments.  We awarded the Developmental Center at the HPC $90,000 dollars to redesign and renovate the center to make it more sensory friendly and better meet the needs of

The Variety of Florida team recently hosted their First Responders Appreciation Day event at various Epic Theatre locations! The event was held at the Deltona, Mt. Dora and Lee Vista-Orlando Epic Theatres and additional movie dates will soon follow… Families were each treated to a MUCH-DESERVED movie-day with free tickets to watch the new movie,

For children with hearing and verbal challenges, early intervention is key. Variety of Florida is a proud partner to the University of Central Florida’s Communications Sciences and Disorders Clinics and helping to power enhanced outcomes with early treatment! We are helping children of all ages and abilities find new ways to express themselves and communicate